UTCI-Why another thermal index?

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-428

  Jendritzky, Gerd ^a   de Dear, Richard ^b   Havenith, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Index; Model; Outdoor climate; Thermal assessment; Thermal stress; Thermo physiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84860354675     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0513-7     Document Type: Article

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